< المَزامِير 39 >
قُلْتُ: «أَحْرِصُ عَلَى حُسْنِ الْمَسْلَكِ فَلاَ يُخْطِئُ لِسَانِي الْقَوْلَ. سَأَكُمُّ فَمِي عَنِ الْكَلاَمِ مَادَامَ الشِّرِّيرُ أَمَامِي». | ١ 1 |
For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David. I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”
صَمَتُّ صَمْتاً. أَمْسَكْتُ حَتَّى عَنِ الْخَيْرِ، فَثَارَ وَجَعِي. | ٢ 2 |
I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
الْتَهَبَ قَلْبِي فِي دَاخِلِي، وَفِي تَأَمُّلِي اشْتَعَلَتْ فِيَّ النَّارُ، فَأَطْلَقْتُ لِسَانِي بِالْكَلاَمِ. | ٣ 3 |
My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burnt. I spoke with my tongue:
يَارَبُّ عَرِّفْنِي مَتَى تَكُونُ نِهَايَتِي، وَكَمْ تَطُولُ أَيَّامِي فَأُدْرِكَ أَنَّنِي إِنْسَانٌ زَائِلٌ. | ٤ 4 |
“LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
هُوَذَا قَدْ جَعَلْتَ حَيَاتِي قَصِيرَةً، وَعُمْرِي كَلاَ شَيْءَ أَمَامَكَ. كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ حَيٍّ لَيْسَ سِوَى نَفْخَةٍ! | ٥ 5 |
Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” (Selah)
إِنَّمَا كَخَيَالٍ يَتَمَشَّى الإِنْسَانُ، فَعَبَثاً يُكَافِحُ النَّاسُ. يَجْمَعُ الْوَاحِدُ مِنْهُمْ ثَرْوَةً وَلاَ يَدْرِي مَنْ يَرِثُهَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ. | ٦ 6 |
“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.
وَالآنَ، فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَنْتَظِرُ يَارَبُّ؟ إِنَّمَا فِيكَ رَجَائِي. | ٧ 7 |
Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
نَجِّنِي مِنْ جَمِيعِ مَعَاصِيَّ، وَلاَ تَجْعَلْنِي عَاراً عِنْدَ الأَحْمَقِ. | ٨ 8 |
Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
صَمَتُّ. لاَ أَفْتَحُ فَمِي، لأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ فَعَلْتَ هَذَا. | ٩ 9 |
I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
ارْفَعْ عَنِّي ضَرْبَتَكَ فَقَدْ فَنِيْتُ مِنْ صَفْعَةِ يَدِكَ. | ١٠ 10 |
Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
عِنْدَمَا تُؤَدِّبُ الإِنْسَانَ بِالتَّوْبِيخِ عَلَى الإِثْمِ، تُتْلِفُ بَهَاءَهُ إِتْلاَفَ الْعُثِّ. إِنَّمَا كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ نَفْخَةٌ. | ١١ 11 |
When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” (Selah)
يَارَبُّ اسْمَعْ صَلاَتِي. وَأَصْغِ إِلَى صُرَاخِي، وَلاَ تَسْكُتْ أَمَامَ دُمُوعِي، لأَنِّي غَرِيبٌ عِنْدَكَ وَعَابِرُ سَبِيلٍ كَجَمِيعِ آبَائِي. | ١٢ 12 |
“Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
حَوِّلْ غَضَبَكَ عَنِّي فَأَنْتَعِشَ، قَبْلَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ وَيَخْتَفِيَ أَثَرِي. | ١٣ 13 |
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”